Sovereign Debt at the Crossroads

Sovereign Debt at the Crossroads
Author: Chris Jochnick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2006-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0195168003

This is a comprehensive overview of the problems associated with Third World debt and describes new and practical approaches to overcoming them. As contributions come from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, the text offers a timely guide for understanding and influencing the debt debate.

A World at the Crossroads

A World at the Crossroads
Author: Joseph Rotblat
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1994
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789810220365

This book focuses on subjects of great topical interest, such as nuclear disarmament, trade in arms, peacekeeping and conflict resolution, environmental security and sustainability. Major themes include the elimination of nuclear weapons, control of the arms trade, the role of multinational and international organizations in peace-keeping, environmental sustainability and security in the Nordic/Baltic region.

World at the Crossroads

World at the Crossroads
Author: Philip B. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9781844079513

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mormon Women at the Crossroads

Mormon Women at the Crossroads
Author: Caroline Kline
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0252053354

Winner of the Mormon History Association Best International Book Award The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to contend with longstanding tensions surrounding gender and race. Yet women of color in the United States and across the Global South adopt and adapt the faith to their contexts, many sharing the high level of satisfaction expressed by Latter-day Saints in general. Caroline Kline explores the ways Latter-day Saint women of color in Mexico, Botswana, and the United States navigate gender norms, but also how their moral priorities and actions challenge Western feminist assumptions. Kline analyzes these traditional religious women through non-oppressive connectedness, a worldview that blends elements of female empowerment and liberation with a broader focus on fostering positive and productive relationships in different realms. Even as members of a patriarchal institution, the women feel a sense of liberation that empowers them to work against oppression and against alienation from both God and other human beings. Vivid and groundbreaking, Mormon Women at the Crossroads merges interviews with theory to offer a rare discussion of Latter-day Saint women from a global perspective.

Adult Education at the Crossroads

Adult Education at the Crossroads
Author: Matthias Finger
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781856497510

Adopting a social action perspective, this book is an assessment of where adult education now stands in the world. It argues that the purposes and rationale of adult education need to be reconceptualised for it to become an effective agent of change.

Energy at the Crossroads

Energy at the Crossroads
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780262194921

An objective, comprehensive and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy.

Caribbean

Caribbean
Author: Deborah Cullen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300178548

Unprecedented in scope, this book examines the modern history of the Caribbean through its artistic culture. Acknowledging the individuality of various islands, the richness of the coastal regions, and the reach of the Diaspora, Caribbean looks at the vital visual and cultural links that exist among these diverse constituencies. The authors examine how the Caribbean has been imagined and pictures, and the role of art in the development of national identity.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan
Author: Fredrik Talmage Hiebert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2011
Genre: Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780714111728

Ancient Afghanistan was the crossroads of civilization in Central Asia. Its archaeological treasures date back more than four thousand years and bear the imprint of numerous cultures, attesting to Afghanistans pivotal importance in the exchange of goods and ideas from Asia to the Mediterranean. Nearly 230 artefacts from the rich mosaic of Afghanistans cultural heritage are explored in this outstanding book. The extraordinary objects presented here range in date from 2200 BC to AD 200 and are drawn from four different archaeological sites. This lavish volume not only focuses on the cultural significance of the objects but also relays the story of their discovery, excavation, and heroic rescue in modern-day Afghanistan.

Urban Social Movements in the Third World

Urban Social Movements in the Third World
Author: Frans Schuurman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136856862

This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian countries. As more democratic-type regimes establish themselves in the Third World, the possibilities for collective organisations and actions increase. Urban social movements therefore are playing an increasingly important role in the habitat of the poor.

Globalization and Third-World Socialism

Globalization and Third-World Socialism
Author: C. Brundenius
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2001-03-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 033397736X

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it appeared that the only option for developing countries was integration into the world economy. Written by a group of international experts, this book investigates the strategies deployed by Cuba and Vietnam to consider whether 'socialism', in some form, offers a viable development alternative.